Node.js just returns "..." in terminal

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I'm a front end dev trying to learn and get into Node.js

Having trouble at the first hurdle. I have an app.js file in the root of Mac: "/" app.js has the following:

console.log('hello world!');

Whenever I run node app.js in the terminal I get the following:

> node app.js
...

Brad · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-08 17:34:52Z

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It looks like you're running the Node.js REPL first. Don't do that... the Node.js REPL is for running immediate evaluations.

Just try running node app.js from your normal system terminal.

answered Oct 8, 2014 at 17:34

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samjhiggins Over a year ago

That worked! However, it still won't run the http server as per the getting started example on the node site.

var http = require('http'); http.createServer(function (req, res) {   res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});   res.end('Hello World\n'); }).listen(1337, '127.0.0.1'); console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');

Brad Over a year ago

@samjhiggins Post a new question for that and explain what is/isn't happening. Maybe you have something else listening on that port already.

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